Let the branches, which are broken off, not abide still in unbelief, but be grafted in again into their own olive tree. And though blindness is in part happened to Israel, yet let the fulness of the Gentiles come in and let all Israel be saved.k Let them be made to look unto him, whom they have pierced; and that they may turn to the Lord, let the veil which is upon their hearts be taken away.m Our hearts' desire and prayer to God for the gospel Israel, is, that it may be saved.n Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion, build the walls of Jerusalem.o Save thy people, O Lord, and bless thine heritage, feed them also, and lift them up for ever.q May grace be with all them that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity; and give to all that name the name of Christ to depart from iniquity.s We pray for all that believe in Christ that they all may be one.t Oh, teach transgressors thy ways, and let sinners be converted unto thee.u Oh, give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth as it is in Jesus; that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil.w Let those, that are as sheep going astray, return to Jesus Christ, the shepherd and bishop of our souls.x Lord, let thy Spirit be poured out upon thy churches from on high.y Let pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, flourish and prevail every where.z Oh, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known,a and let our times be times of reformation.b Let them be confounded and turned back that hate Zion, and be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up.c Let no weapon formed against thy church prosper, and let every tongue that riseth against it in judgment be condemned.d Lord, let the man of sin be consumed with the Spirit of thy mouth, and be destroyed with the brightness of thy coming; and let those be undeceived, that have been long under the power of strong delusions to believe a lie, and cause them to receive the truth in the love of it.e 2 Tim. ii 25, 26. x 1 Peter ii. 25. 2 James i. 27. a Hab iii. 7. dIsaiah liv. 17. y Isai xxxii. 15. We desire in our prayers to remember those that are in bonds for the testimony of Jesus, as bound with them, and those which suffer adversity, as being ourselves also in the body.f Lord, arise, and have mercy upon Zion, and let the time to favor her, yea, the set time come; yea, let the Lord build up Zion, and appear in his glory. Lord, regard the prayer of the destitute and do not despise their prayer.g Oh, cause thy face to shine upon those parts of thy sanctuary, which are desolate.h Lord, hasten the time, when thou wilt make wars to cease to the ends of the earth,ż when nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, nor kingdom against kingdom; but swords shall be beaten into plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks, and they shall not learn war any more.k Make kings nursing fathers, and their queens nursing mothers to the Israel of God. Lord, thou hast dealt favorably with our land; we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have told us, what work thou didst for us in their days, and in the times of old.n f Heb. xiii. 3. g Psal. cii. 13, 16, 17. Dan. ix 17. i Psal. xlvi. 9. k Isaiah ii. 4. Isaiah xlix. 23. m Psal. lxxxv. 1. n Psal. xliv. 1. F May the glorious times, which thou predicted, soon come; when all shall know thee from the least to the greatest,o and the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.p But we are a sinful people, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers,q and great reason we have to sigh and cry for all the abominations committed among us.r Iniquity abounds among us, and the love of many is waxen cold.s Turn us to thee, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.t Let not our candlestick be removed out of his place, though we have deserved it should be, because we have left our first love.u Let wisdom and knowledge be the stability of our times, and strength of salvation; and may the fear of the Lord be our treasure: let the righteous flourish among us, and let there be those that shall fear the Lord in our land, as long as the sun and moon shall endure. May God himself be a wall of fire round about us, and the glory in the midst of us.y May peace be in our borders, and prosper o Jer. xxxi. 34. p Isaiah xi. 9. r Ezek. ix. 4. s Matt. xxiv. 12. u Rev. ii. 4, 5. x Psal. lxxii. 5, 7. q Isaiah i. 4. t Psal. lxxx. 2, 3. w Isaiah xxxiii. 6. y Zech. ii. 5. ity in our palaces. Appoint salvation to us for walls and bulwarks; make our officers peace, and our exactors righteousness; let violence never be heard in our gates, wasting and distraction in our borders, but let our walls be called salvation, and our gates praise.z Let our peace be as a river, and in order to that, may our righteousness be as the waves of the sea.a Let that righteousness abound among us, which exalteth a nation, and deliver us from sin, which is a reproach to any people.b Never make our heavens as brass, and our earth as iron,c nor take away thy corn and thy wine from us, but give us the former and the latter rain in due season,d and reserve to us the appointed weeks of harvest.e Abundantly bless our provision, and satisfy our poor with bread, that they who have gathered it may eat, and praise the Lord.g Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the just.h Let all iniquity stop her mouth, and let the infection of that plague be stayed by execut.. ing judgment.k Let those that are striving against sin, never be weary or faint in their minds./ Isaiah Ix. 17. 18. a Isa. xlviii. 18. b Prov. xiv. 34. c Deut. xxviii. 23. fPsal. cxxxii 15. b Psal. vii. 9. Heb. xii. 3, 4. g Isaiah lxii. 9. "i Psal. cvii. 42. k Psal. cvi. 30. |